{"id":36647,"date":"2016-04-04T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=36647"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:36:12","slug":"gay-couple-attacked-at-burger-king-in-miami-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=36647","title":{"rendered":"Gay Couple Attacked At Burger King In Miami Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?attachment_id=36648\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36648\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gay-beating-miami-560x271.jpg\" alt=\"gay beating miami\" width=\"560\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gay-beating-miami-560x271.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gay-beating-miami.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) \u2013\u00a0Police are looking for at least one man, and possibly up to three, involved in the violent attack of a gay couple at a Miami Beach restaurant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwicCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJ2IjoiMzM4MDY4MCIsInBsdWdpbnMiOnsiY29tc2NvcmUiOnsiY2xpZW50SWQiOiIzMDAwMDIzIiwiYzMiOiJtaWFtaS5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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\" width=\"560\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"main-story\" class=\"column-item\">\n<article class=\"article-bucket content\">\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p>A Miami Beach police officer was standing in front of the police station when he noticed something going down right across the street.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out 25-year-old Jordan Schaeffer, who was recently visiting Miami Beach from Los Angeles, had been attacked by a man inside the Whopper Bar at 1101 Washington Avenue\u00a0at about 3 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video from the March 14th incident captured the fight take place as more than a dozen people waited in line to order food.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach Police said the confrontation happened after Schaeffer and his partner, 25-year-old Eric Danko, engaged in a display of affection. The couple told police their kiss\u00a0offended a man in a dark shirt and shorts, who confronted them and harassed them \u201cusing derogatory words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subjects in this case happen to be gay individuals and that\u2019s part of our investigation to see what provoked that attack,\u201d explained Miami Beach police officer Ernesto Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>That led to things getting physical and within moments, the men were wrestling on the restaurant floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad some sort of exchange with victims, a verbal exchange which escalated into a violent physical attack,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a minute into the brawl, a second man in a light, long-sleeve shirt and jeans can be seen in the video keeping people from breaking up the fight.\u00a0 He also pushed away Schaeffer\u2019s boyfriend who was wearing a gray tank top.<\/p>\n<p>A police source close to the investigation told CBS4 the attacker in the dark shirt and shorts appears to be trained in some sort of martial arts or experienced in some sort of fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Schaeffer was left with lacerations to his lip and police are now pursuing the case as a felony battery.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach police are working with the state attorney\u2019s office \u2013 taking this attack seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clear message we wanna give to visitors and residents of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County for that matter is there is no place for hate here,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>Schaeffer and his boyfriend have retained South Florida attorney Douglas Ede.\u00a0 Ede and the police report both indicate the couple believes this was a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>The brawl\u00a0left the local community\u00a0stunned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always had a great experience here,\u201d said a man who only wanted to be identified as Kevin.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin and his boyfriend walked right by the restaurant Thursday night hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin told CBS4 Reporter Donna Rapado that in 10 years of visiting Miami Beach and now living there, he\u2019s always felt safe. The violent attack stunned him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is scary,\u201d Kevin told Rapado. \u201cI think everybody should be accepting of who and what we choose to do in our lives.\u00a0 I mean I don\u2019t always accept everything either but I don\u2019t get violent towards it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another man visiting again for his 60th birthday said the attack was surprising \u201cin this day and age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is surprising that people concern themselves about what two people care about,\u201d Mark Meyer explained. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people in the world and if they\u2019re afraid to get out and see it then maybe they should just stay home and not even go to a Burger King.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CBS4\u2019s Donna Rapado spoke off camera to one of the employees at Whopper Bar.<\/p>\n<p>She said fights break out there often overnight given people tend to be intoxicated by 3 a.m. But this fight stood out.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are hoping to identify the young man in the black shirt and jean shorts, directly involved in the fight, as well as the man wearing the long-sleeve white shirt and blue jeans.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said one other man was believed to be part of their group.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone that may know who these guys are is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-8477. (via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/miami.cbslocal.com\/2016\/03\/31\/video-gay-men-targeted-in-attack-at-south-beach-burger-shop\/\">miami.cbslocal.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) \u2013\u00a0Police are looking for at least one man, and possibly up to three, involved in the violent attack of a gay couple at a Miami Beach restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Miami Beach police officer was standing in front of the police station when he noticed something going down right across the street.<br \/>\nIt turns out 25-year-old [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[5778,6017,6019,6020,2836,6018,6021],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36651,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36647\/revisions\/36651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}